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Population around the world
Population, 2023: highest in India, at 1.44 billion people, and lowest in Vatican City, at 496 people, of 229 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.
people · UN
Every country, by its latest figure
people · UN
| # | Country | Latest | Latest | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.44 billion | 2023 | |
| 2 | China | 1.42 billion | 2023 | |
| 3 | United States | 344 million | 2023 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 281 million | 2023 | |
| 5 | Pakistan | 248 million | 2023 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 228 million | 2023 | |
| 7 | Brazil | 211 million | 2023 | |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 172 million | 2023 | |
| 9 | Russia | 145 million | 2023 | |
| 10 | Mexico | 130 million | 2023 | |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 129 million | 2023 | |
| 12 | Japan | 124 million | 2023 | |
| 13 | Philippines | 115 million | 2023 | |
| 14 | Egypt | 115 million | 2023 | |
| 15 | Congo - Kinshasa | 106 million | 2023 | |
| 16 | Vietnam | 100 million | 2023 | |
| 17 | Iran | 90.6 million | 2023 | |
| 18 | Türkiye | 87.3 million | 2023 | |
| 19 | Germany | 84.6 million | 2023 | |
| 20 | Thailand | 71.7 million | 2023 | |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 68.7 million | 2023 | |
| 22 | Tanzania | 66.6 million | 2023 | |
| 23 | France | 66.4 million | 2023 | |
| 24 | South Africa | 63.2 million | 2023 | |
| 25 | Italy | 59.5 million | 2023 | |
| 26 | Kenya | 55.3 million | 2023 | |
| 27 | Myanmar (Burma) | 54.1 million | 2023 | |
| 28 | Colombia | 52.3 million | 2023 | |
| 29 | South Korea | 51.8 million | 2023 | |
| 30 | Sudan | 50 million | 2023 | |
| 31 | Uganda | 48.7 million | 2023 | |
| 32 | Spain | 47.9 million | 2023 | |
| 33 | Algeria | 46.2 million | 2023 | |
| 34 | Argentina | 45.5 million | 2023 | |
| 35 | Iraq | 45.1 million | 2023 | |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 41.5 million | 2023 | |
| 37 | Yemen | 39.4 million | 2023 | |
| 38 | Canada | 39.3 million | 2023 | |
| 39 | Poland | 38.8 million | 2023 | |
| 40 | Ukraine | 37.7 million | 2023 | |
| 41 | Morocco | 37.7 million | 2023 | |
| 42 | Angola | 36.8 million | 2023 | |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 35.7 million | 2023 | |
| 44 | Malaysia | 35.1 million | 2023 | |
| 45 | Peru | 33.9 million | 2023 | |
| 46 | Ghana | 33.8 million | 2023 | |
| 47 | Mozambique | 33.6 million | 2023 | |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 33.3 million | 2023 | |
| 49 | Madagascar | 31.2 million | 2023 | |
| 50 | Côte d’Ivoire | 31.2 million | 2023 | |
| 51 | Nepal | 29.7 million | 2023 | |
| 52 | Cameroon | 28.4 million | 2023 | |
| 53 | Venezuela | 28.3 million | 2023 | |
| 54 | Australia | 26.5 million | 2023 | |
| 55 | North Korea | 26.4 million | 2023 | |
| 56 | Niger | 26.2 million | 2023 | |
| 57 | Mali | 23.8 million | 2023 | |
| 58 | Syria | 23.6 million | 2023 | |
| 59 | Taiwan | 23.3 million | 2023 | |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 23 million | 2023 | |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 23 million | 2023 | |
| 62 | Malawi | 21.1 million | 2023 | |
| 63 | Zambia | 20.7 million | 2023 | |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 20.3 million | 2023 | |
| 65 | Chile | 19.7 million | 2023 | |
| 66 | Chad | 19.3 million | 2023 | |
| 67 | Romania | 19.1 million | 2023 | |
| 68 | Somalia | 18.4 million | 2023 | |
| 69 | Guatemala | 18.1 million | 2023 | |
| 70 | Netherlands | 18.1 million | 2023 | |
| 71 | Senegal | 18.1 million | 2023 | |
| 72 | Ecuador | 18 million | 2023 | |
| 73 | Cambodia | 17.4 million | 2023 | |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 16.3 million | 2023 | |
| 75 | Guinea | 14.4 million | 2023 | |
| 76 | Benin | 14.1 million | 2023 | |
| 77 | Rwanda | 14 million | 2023 | |
| 78 | Burundi | 13.7 million | 2023 | |
| 79 | Bolivia | 12.2 million | 2023 | |
| 80 | Tunisia | 12.2 million | 2023 | |
| 81 | Belgium | 11.7 million | 2023 | |
| 82 | Haiti | 11.6 million | 2023 | |
| 83 | South Sudan | 11.5 million | 2023 | |
| 84 | Jordan | 11.4 million | 2023 | |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 11.3 million | 2023 | |
| 86 | Cuba | 11 million | 2023 | |
| 87 | Czechia | 10.8 million | 2023 | |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 10.6 million | 2023 | |
| 89 | Honduras | 10.6 million | 2023 | |
| 90 | Sweden | 10.6 million | 2023 | |
| 91 | Portugal | 10.4 million | 2023 | |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 10.4 million | 2023 | |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 10.4 million | 2023 | |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 10.3 million | 2023 | |
| 95 | Greece | 10.2 million | 2023 | |
| 96 | Hungary | 9.69 million | 2023 | |
| 97 | Israel | 9.26 million | 2023 | |
| 98 | Austria | 9.13 million | 2023 | |
| 99 | Belarus | 9.12 million | 2023 | |
| 100 | Switzerland | 8.87 million | 2023 | |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 8.46 million | 2023 | |
| 102 | Togo | 8.22 million | 2023 | |
| 103 | Laos | 7.67 million | 2023 | |
| 104 | Hong Kong SAR China | 7.44 million | 2023 | |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 7.36 million | 2023 | |
| 106 | Libya | 7.31 million | 2023 | |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.07 million | 2023 | |
| 108 | Paraguay | 6.84 million | 2023 | |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 6.82 million | 2023 | |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 6.8 million | 2023 | |
| 111 | Serbia | 6.77 million | 2023 | |
| 112 | El Salvador | 6.31 million | 2023 | |
| 113 | Congo - Brazzaville | 6.18 million | 2023 | |
| 114 | Denmark | 5.95 million | 2023 | |
| 115 | Singapore | 5.79 million | 2023 | |
| 116 | Lebanon | 5.77 million | 2023 | |
| 117 | Finland | 5.6 million | 2023 | |
| 118 | Norway | 5.52 million | 2023 | |
| 119 | Slovakia | 5.52 million | 2023 | |
| 120 | Liberia | 5.49 million | 2023 | |
| 121 | Palestinian Territories | 5.41 million | 2023 | |
| 122 | Ireland | 5.2 million | 2023 | |
| 123 | New Zealand | 5.17 million | 2023 | |
| 124 | Central African Republic | 5.15 million | 2023 | |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 5.11 million | 2023 | |
| 126 | Oman | 5.05 million | 2023 | |
| 127 | Mauritania | 5.02 million | 2023 | |
| 128 | Kuwait | 4.84 million | 2023 | |
| 129 | Panama | 4.46 million | 2023 | |
| 130 | Croatia | 3.9 million | 2023 | |
| 131 | Georgia | 3.81 million | 2023 | |
| 132 | Eritrea | 3.47 million | 2023 | |
| 133 | Mongolia | 3.43 million | 2023 | |
| 134 | Uruguay | 3.39 million | 2023 | |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 3.24 million | 2023 | |
| 136 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3.19 million | 2023 | |
| 137 | Moldova | 3.07 million | 2023 | |
| 138 | Qatar | 2.98 million | 2023 | |
| 139 | Namibia | 2.96 million | 2023 | |
| 140 | Armenia | 2.94 million | 2023 | |
| 141 | Lithuania | 2.85 million | 2023 | |
| 142 | Jamaica | 2.84 million | 2023 | |
| 143 | Albania | 2.81 million | 2023 | |
| 144 | Gambia | 2.7 million | 2023 | |
| 145 | Gabon | 2.49 million | 2023 | |
| 146 | Botswana | 2.48 million | 2023 | |
| 147 | Lesotho | 2.31 million | 2023 | |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.15 million | 2023 | |
| 149 | Slovenia | 2.12 million | 2023 | |
| 150 | Latvia | 1.88 million | 2023 | |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.85 million | 2023 | |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 1.83 million | 2023 | |
| 153 | Kosovo | 1.7 million | 2023 | |
| 154 | Bahrain | 1.57 million | 2023 | |
| 155 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1.5 million | 2023 | |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 1.38 million | 2023 | |
| 157 | Estonia | 1.37 million | 2023 | |
| 158 | Cyprus | 1.35 million | 2023 | |
| 159 | Mauritius | 1.27 million | 2023 | |
| 160 | Eswatini | 1.23 million | 2023 | |
| 161 | Djibouti | 1.15 million | 2023 | |
| 162 | Fiji | 924,100 | 2023 | |
| 163 | Comoros | 850,400 | 2023 | |
| 164 | Guyana | 826,400 | 2023 | |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 800,000 | 2023 | |
| 166 | Bhutan | 786,400 | 2023 | |
| 167 | Macao SAR China | 713,900 | 2023 | |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 665,100 | 2023 | |
| 169 | Montenegro | 633,600 | 2023 | |
| 170 | Suriname | 628,900 | 2023 | |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 579,700 | 2023 | |
| 172 | Malta | 533,000 | 2023 | |
| 173 | Maldives | 526,000 | 2023 | |
| 174 | Cape Verde | 522,300 | 2023 | |
| 175 | Brunei | 458,900 | 2023 | |
| 176 | Belize | 411,100 | 2023 | |
| 177 | Bahamas | 399,400 | 2023 | |
| 178 | Iceland | 387,600 | 2023 | |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 320,400 | 2023 | |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 289,900 | 2023 | |
| 181 | Barbados | 282,300 | 2023 | |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 281,100 | 2023 | |
| 183 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 230,900 | 2023 | |
| 184 | Samoa | 216,700 | 2023 | |
| 185 | Curaçao | 185,400 | 2023 | |
| 186 | St. Lucia | 179,300 | 2023 | |
| 187 | Guam | 166,500 | 2023 | |
| 188 | Kiribati | 132,500 | 2023 | |
| 189 | Seychelles | 128,000 | 2023 | |
| 190 | Grenada | 117,100 | 2023 | |
| 191 | Micronesia | 112,600 | 2023 | |
| 192 | Aruba | 107,900 | 2023 | |
| 193 | Tonga | 104,600 | 2023 | |
| 194 | Jersey | 103,700 | 2023 | |
| 195 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 101,300 | 2023 | |
| 196 | Antigua & Barbuda | 93,320 | 2023 | |
| 197 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 85,700 | 2023 | |
| 198 | Isle of Man | 84,170 | 2023 | |
| 199 | Andorra | 80,860 | 2023 | |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 73,040 | 2023 | |
| 201 | Dominica | 66,510 | 2023 | |
| 202 | Bermuda | 64,700 | 2023 | |
| 203 | Guernsey | 64,020 | 2023 | |
| 204 | Greenland | 55,920 | 2023 | |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 54,710 | 2023 | |
| 206 | American Samoa | 47,520 | 2023 | |
| 207 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,760 | 2023 | |
| 208 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 46,200 | 2023 | |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 45,140 | 2023 | |
| 210 | Sint Maarten | 42,750 | 2023 | |
| 211 | Liechtenstein | 39,600 | 2023 | |
| 212 | British Virgin Islands | 38,990 | 2023 | |
| 213 | Monaco | 38,960 | 2023 | |
| 214 | Marshall Islands | 38,830 | 2023 | |
| 215 | San Marino | 33,730 | 2023 | |
| 216 | St. Martin | 27,520 | 2023 | |
| 217 | Palau | 17,730 | 2023 | |
| 218 | Anguilla | 14,410 | 2023 | |
| 219 | Cook Islands | 14,220 | 2023 | |
| 220 | Nauru | 11,880 | 2023 | |
| 221 | Wallis & Futuna | 11,370 | 2023 | |
| 222 | St. Barthélemy | 11,090 | 2023 | |
| 223 | Tuvalu | 9,816 | 2023 | |
| 224 | St. Pierre & Miquelon | 5,681 | 2023 | |
| 225 | St. Helena | 5,288 | 2023 | |
| 226 | Montserrat | 4,420 | 2023 | |
| 227 | Falkland Islands | 3,477 | 2023 | |
| 228 | Niue | 1,817 | 2023 | |
| 229 | Vatican City | 496 | 2023 |
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Good to know
- Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.
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